Inside and Outside is a free printable Grade 4 science worksheet on telling a living thing's internal structures from its external ones, aligned to NGSS performance expectation 4-LS1-1. It prints 3 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 18 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.
Inside and Outside
4-LS1-1
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Sort each structure into inside or outside.
1.Sort each one: Outside structure or Inside structure?
Sort: A cactus's spines, which stop animals eating it, A heart, which pumps blood around the body, A rabbit's long ears, which catch faint sounds, Tiny tubes inside a stem, which carry water to the leaves
Outside structureInside structure
2.Sort each one: Outside structure or Inside structure?
Sort: A stomach, which breaks down food, A tree's bark, which protects the trunk, Lungs, which take in air, A rose's thorns, which keep animals off the stem
Outside structureInside structure
3.Sort each one: Outside structure or Inside structure?
Sort: A skeleton, which holds the body up, A fish's scales, which protect its skin, A brain, which controls the body, A bird's feathers, which keep it warm
Outside structureInside structure
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Answer key — Inside and Outside
Set 18. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A cactus's spines, which stop animals eating it — Outside structure 2. A heart, which pumps blood around the body — Inside structure 3. A rabbit's long ears, which catch faint sounds — Outside structure 4. Tiny tubes inside a stem, which carry water to the leaves — Inside structure
2.1. A rose's thorns, which keep animals off the stem — Outside structure 2. A stomach, which breaks down food — Inside structure 3. A tree's bark, which protects the trunk — Outside structure 4. Lungs, which take in air — Inside structure
3.1. A bird's feathers, which keep it warm — Outside structure 2. A brain, which controls the body — Inside structure 3. A fish's scales, which protect its skin — Outside structure 4. A skeleton, which holds the body up — Inside structure
More practice for 4-LS1-1
Argue that inside and outside body parts help a living thing survive and grow.
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